Warrior Poet
A sonnet39 total reviews
Comment from mountainwriter49
Ciao Bello, Da'vid
I admire the high style and deep intellectual thought embedded in this exceptional sonnet. You've well captured the human element in this sonnet of life. The Bard would be most pleased with your penning of it.
I love the turn and the affirmation of the human spirit in the third quatrain. The closing couplet is superb.
Well done, my friend.
A six form my most limited arsenal of Stars for a most worthy sonnet and your return to the Site. You've been terribly missed by many.
Ray
reply by the author on 02-May-2014
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Ciao Bello, Da'vid
I admire the high style and deep intellectual thought embedded in this exceptional sonnet. You've well captured the human element in this sonnet of life. The Bard would be most pleased with your penning of it.
I love the turn and the affirmation of the human spirit in the third quatrain. The closing couplet is superb.
Well done, my friend.
A six form my most limited arsenal of Stars for a most worthy sonnet and your return to the Site. You've been terribly missed by many.
Ray
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 02-May-2014
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Grazia, my friend, very much. I really appreciate your great review and your kind sentiment. It's nice to be somewhat back in the swing again. Thanks for that sixer.
Comment from Alan K Pease
Is the poet warrior an alter ego of the rogue. Take on the enemy whether man or dragon and save the fair damsels in the style of George Martin.
reply by the author on 02-May-2014
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Is the poet warrior an alter ego of the rogue. Take on the enemy whether man or dragon and save the fair damsels in the style of George Martin.
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 02-May-2014
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Thank you very much, Alan. I think you could say that, and I've been a big fan of Martin since long before the series. Great reference, my friend.
Comment from DALLAS01
I have to ask. Based on some of the responses to your Friday posts. Does this poem have a double entendre? Checked out your reviews, and looks like I am the only suspicious one. At any rate, whether or not I am right or wrong, this is a well constructed poem with some wonderful phrasing.
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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I have to ask. Based on some of the responses to your Friday posts. Does this poem have a double entendre? Checked out your reviews, and looks like I am the only suspicious one. At any rate, whether or not I am right or wrong, this is a well constructed poem with some wonderful phrasing.
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thanks so much, Dallas. I can certainly see why you'd ask that question, but it has no relation to those. If it had, it would have been the warrior standing over a bevy of dismembered bodies. :) I appreciate the review.
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Comment from Dorothy Farrell
Hi David - A really lovely sonnet in perfect sonnet form- excellent wording and the perfect picture to accompany. Nice to see you back. Regards Dorothy
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Hi David - A really lovely sonnet in perfect sonnet form- excellent wording and the perfect picture to accompany. Nice to see you back. Regards Dorothy
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thank you so much, my friend. It was nice to post again.
Comment from nancy_e_davis
"When winter sleeves the earth with skins of frost"--Wow, how poetic! This is a very powerful sonnet David and the picture is perfect! More lines I love in the poem....
Such sweet beginnings led to bitter ends
When love was halved, and cast into the void.
Well done. Nancy
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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"When winter sleeves the earth with skins of frost"--Wow, how poetic! This is a very powerful sonnet David and the picture is perfect! More lines I love in the poem....
Such sweet beginnings led to bitter ends
When love was halved, and cast into the void.
Well done. Nancy
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thanks so much, my friend. Hope you're well.
Comment from STEPHEN A CARTER
LOVE these bits:
So many friends are foes; old foes, now friends,
Alliances established, then destroyed.
Such sweet beginnings led to bitter ends
When love was halved, and cast into the void.
When winter sleeves the earth
with skins of frost-- A WOW!! line
Consider:
AGING warriors BATTLE IN THEIR BLOOD
Once more to reach VALHALLA-- 'fore I fall.
Loved the imagery.
Regards:
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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LOVE these bits:
So many friends are foes; old foes, now friends,
Alliances established, then destroyed.
Such sweet beginnings led to bitter ends
When love was halved, and cast into the void.
When winter sleeves the earth
with skins of frost-- A WOW!! line
Consider:
AGING warriors BATTLE IN THEIR BLOOD
Once more to reach VALHALLA-- 'fore I fall.
Loved the imagery.
Regards:
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thanks so much, Stephen. I appreciate it, my friend.
I'm not sure why I would change the couplet to what you suggest, however, as the warrior isn't Nordic, and the first line would be out of meter. I think I like it as it is, but I appreciate that you, like myself, always try to add value to the review by making suggestions.
Comment from NicciFaye
This made me smile as I read it. I love the fight this poem brings. The fight that every poet that contiunes to write, think, and create. The lines of "So I will fetch my sword and breach the wall, Once more to reach my peak - before I fall"..powerful and amazing.
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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This made me smile as I read it. I love the fight this poem brings. The fight that every poet that contiunes to write, think, and create. The lines of "So I will fetch my sword and breach the wall, Once more to reach my peak - before I fall"..powerful and amazing.
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thank you so much, Nicci, for your excellent and uplifting review. I appreciate it.
Comment from Dawn of Tomorrow
Oh very nice. You can write sonnets for me until I die and I will be here to read them. You have always had such a way with them that few can ever capture. I love this line, wish I had thought of it
When winter sleeves the earth with skins of frost
Nicely done, my friend.
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Oh very nice. You can write sonnets for me until I die and I will be here to read them. You have always had such a way with them that few can ever capture. I love this line, wish I had thought of it
When winter sleeves the earth with skins of frost
Nicely done, my friend.
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thank you, my friend, for that sixer and for your love of my sonnets. I do believe when I get home I may be ready to post your long-awaited love sonnet, too. It's marinated long enough, methinks.
Comment from padumachitta
Hi. It is so nice to have you back:-)
Once more into the breach my friends.
Oh, I need to read this when I am huddled in my corner drinking coffee and tired of the world.
Come now, on your feet, grab your sword...
padumachitta
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Hi. It is so nice to have you back:-)
Once more into the breach my friends.
Oh, I need to read this when I am huddled in my corner drinking coffee and tired of the world.
Come now, on your feet, grab your sword...
padumachitta
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thank you so much, Pad. Hoping to be around a little more soon.
Comment from Rondeno
Nobody does it like you. "Winter sleeves the earth" - that is sheer class! The sonnet richly deserves a six, but I don't have one, amigo. However, you have my respect and admiration.
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Nobody does it like you. "Winter sleeves the earth" - that is sheer class! The sonnet richly deserves a six, but I don't have one, amigo. However, you have my respect and admiration.
Comment Written 01-May-2014
reply by the author on 01-May-2014
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Thank you so much, my friend. Your respect and admiration are more than enough for me, and are returned in kind.
